This Friday, September 18, around 9:30 a.m. a tragic event occurred at the TransMilenio Terreros station, in Soacha. According to the official statement from the authorities, Cristian David Garzón Castro, 27 years old, was stabbed to death.
The victim’s partner, identified as Natalia, spoke on Caracol Radio and shared details of this case that shocked the city. Apparently, everything was triggered when a couple refused to pay to enter the transportation system.
“Amid the situation, a confrontation arose that led to the attack on the security officer,” the Bogotá Metropolitan Police specified.
🚨 This is the man arrested for the murder of Cristian Garzón, TransMilenio guard
Cristian Garzón, 27 years old, was killed this Friday at the Terreros station, in Soacha, while performing fare evasion control duties.
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Testimony of the partner of the security guard killed at the TransMilenio station in Soacha
Natalia expressed her deep sorrow over the loss of her partner while they were working. Through tears, the woman said everything happened just as they returned from their breakfast break.
“We settled in and I was at the turnstile putting on my helmet,” she recalled.
At that moment, two individuals appeared on the south side of the Terreros station and within seconds, the alleged perpetrator “grabbed the victim’s foot” and “tried to make him fall from the station”.
During the confrontation, the guard put on her helmet and “ran to help her partner” and confronted the man’s partner about the “aggressive” reaction against Cristian David Garzón Castro.
It was then that the guard noticed that, allegedly, the attacker was “under the influence of psychoactive substances” and the “other woman continued inciting the fight“. It is worth noting that investigations are ongoing to determine the condition of the alleged perpetrators.
Natalia said on Caracol Radio that together with her partner Cristian Garzón, they tried to pressure them so that users would not evade their responsibility to pay for transportation and, within seconds, “she saw the attacker put his hand to his chest” to draw the knife.
“I pushed my partner backward, but not hard enough and the stab was meant for me, my partner got in the way“, she detailed with a choked voice.
🚨 Attention | Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán condemned the murder of a TransMilenio guard at the Terreros station, in Soacha, after confronting a couple about paying their fare. A man and a woman were arrested.
It was moments of confusion and despair, as the guard realized that Cristian David only thought about saving her from the attack and kept faith that he would be okay.
“I only saw that Cristian thought of me because I wasn’t even thinking about my daughter waiting for me at home, but my partner got in like that without thinking twice (…) The worst part is that when I went back to check on him, he smiled and told me that ‘everything was fine’,” Natalia described to the mentioned media.
However, the anguish worsened when the partner saw the wound the 27-year-old had on his chest. She tried to help him with what she had at hand, but Cristian David Garzón was fading more with each second.
“When the vest was pulled aside, I saw a hole in the vest and desperately started removing all the protective gear and the uniform (…) Cristian just kept staring at me with a scared look and fainted in my arms,” she said.
According to the Police, the victim “was able to be transported to a medical center”, where later the medical staff “reported his death due to the severity of the injuries”.
⚫️ Top Guard, the company Cristian Garzón worked for, the guard killed this Friday at the Terreros TransMilenio station, stated that the 27-year-old was attacked while performing anti-evasion control duties.
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Official statement from TransMilenio after the murder of the security guard
As a result of the institutional response, “two adults were arrested“, who were handed over to the competent authority. In fact, EL TIEMPO was able to confirm that the photograph circulating on social media did correspond to the person responsible for the crime at the Terreros station.
In this regard, TransMilenio reiterated its strong rejection “against any act of violence that threatens life, integrity, and safety of people within the system”.
🔴Transmilenio issued this statement after the murder of a guard at the Terreros station, in Soacha, who tried to prevent a couple from sneaking in. The entity confirmed that one person was arrested for this incident.
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“The entity expresses its deepest condolences and solidarity to the family, friends, and colleagues of the victim in this difficult time,” it was stated.
TransMilenio made itself available to the authorities “within the framework of the corresponding investigations” in order to provide any information required for “clarifying the facts”.
“This unfortunate event calls for deep reflection on respect for life and civic coexistence,” the official statement reads.
